Performances and events | 2018

JANUARY 16, 2018

Vocalists and ensemble. With conductor Steven Schick on the "It's About Time" Festival at San Diego Symphony/ Copley Symphony Hall, vocalists of kallisti (Kirsten Wiest, Susan Narucki and Hillary Jean Young ) join members of UC San Diego’s percussion ensemble redfishbluefish and members of the San Diego Symphony for a rare performance of Reich's iconic work.

The soprano is joined by guest artists Curtis Macomber (violin), Nicholas Tolle (cimbalom) and Kathryn Schulmeister (double bass). The concert earned an enthusiastic review from the San Diego Union Tribune.\

MARCH 9, 2018

Producer, artistic director, performer. The critically acclaimed chamber opera travels to the ENT Center at University of Colorado at Colorado Springs for the fourteenth performance of the opera. Since its San Diego premiere in 2013, Cuatro Corridos has been performed in Mexico City, at the 2015 FIL International Book Fair in Guadalajara, at the Casa de la Cultura in Tijuana, at Zipper Hall in Los Angeles, at the Nasher Sculpture Center in Dallas, at University of New Mexico and at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst. The cd recording of Cuatro Corridos, released on Bridge in 2016, was a Critic's Choice of Opera News and was nominated for a 2017 Latin Grammy.

Residency. Lecture, master classes and recital. With pianist Aleck Karis, presenting a seminar in composer-performer collaboration and writing for the voice and for the piano. In addition, Narucki will be presenting a talk on the changing role of chamber opera in the 21st century.

With Aleck Karis, a recital on July 6, 2018, with songs of Charles Ives, works of Alexander Zemlinsky, Kurtag's Attila Jozsef Fragments, and Francis Poulenc's masterwork, Tel Jour, Telle Nuit.

Producer, commissioner, performer. Created role of “Sarah” in world premiere of Inheritance, a chamber opera with music by Lei Liang and libretto by Matt Donovan. Inheritance addresses gun violence in America through juxtaposing episodes from the life of Sarah Winchester, heiress to the Winchester rifle fortune, with scenes drawn from contemporary American life.

According to popular belief, Winchester imprisoned herself in her labyrinth-like home to seek refuge from the spirits of those killed by the same weapons whose manufacture and sale gave her a life of indescribable wealth. Events in Winchester's life - whether the stuff of legend or plain-spoken truth - are one aspect of Inheritance. These episodes are juxtaposed with contemporary events, moments ripped from headlines that play out on grand platforms of news and social media, which seem to be interpreted differently in the eye of each beholder. In this way, Inheritance seeks to explore America’s violent legacy and deeply complex relationship with guns.

Inheritance was co-presented by ARTPower and the UC San Diego Department of Music. It received support from Creative Capital, NewMusic USA and the National Endowment for the Arts, in addition to underwriting from Julia Falk, Catherine and Robert Palmer and Phyllis and Dan Epstein, and support from the UC San Diego Division of Arts and Humanities. For more on the project.